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Reverend George Windrey Battle

April 28, 2020

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Rev. George Windrey Battle, 96, of Roanoke, TX passed away peacefully April 28, 2020, at home surrounded by his beloved wife Louise and daughter Linda.

He was born on September 15, 1923 in Boston, MA to the late Andrew & Letitia Battle.

He graduated from, Cambridge High and Latin. Served stateside in the U.S. Army Air Force during WWII. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree from Wilberforce University in Ohio, America’s first private HBCU, founded in 1856. George earned a Master of Education from Boston State College and a Master of Religious Education Degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary on May 27, 1988. He was an ordained Minister of the Gospel. He served as an Associate Minister at Union Baptist Church in Cambridge, MA, and the Assistant Pastor at Christ Temple Church in Roxbury, MA.

He loved Jesus, sharing and preaching the Gospel of Christ. He enjoyed horseback riding, ice skating, swimming, shoveling snow; which he did well into his 70s (a true New Englander), and telling stories. His passion was sharing the Gospel. He published a book called Battlefields in The World and in Christendom.